Module Descriptors
TIME BASED MULTIMEDIA
FVFX50117
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Paul Lucking
Email: P.A.Lucking@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
  • ASSIGNMENT - PRACTICAL weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None.
Module Additional Assessment Details
ASSIGNMENT Written length 2500 WORDS weighted at 50% covering Learning Outcomes 2, 3 and 4.
ASSIGNMENT Practical weighted at 50% covering Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Module Indicative Content
Design of Time Based multimedia projects for CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Kiosks etc by including
Creating animation,
film loops,
digital video movies,
Interactivity with sound and hypertext links.
Introduction to the Lingo scripting language

They will also learn methods for managing memory in relation to sound, graphics, animation, digital movie and optimising files for CD-ROMs as well as hardware and system considerations.
Module Learning Strategies
3 hours per week lecture/laboratory based tutorials and practical sessions providing 'hands on' experience with time based software.
(1:n)1 (1:40)2
Module Resources
Multimedia Software, PC platforms.
Macromedia Director, user manual.
Macromedia Director, reference manual.
Macromedia Director, Lingo scripting language.
Module Texts
Multimedia, Making It Work, 5th Edition, T Vaughan, Osborne McGraw-Hill (2001), ISBN 0-07-2190957